It seems clear that Irenæus invented the unmeaning
Teitan
, in order to save himself from the charge of treason, to which the
Lateinos
might have exposed him. See Rabelais
passim
.
P.246.
Nec magis blandiri poterit alterum illud nomen, Teitan, quod studiose commendavit Irenœus.
No!